Behavioral Health Business January 17, 2024
A startup that pays parents to become registered behavior technicians (RBTs) to treat their child with autism has raised $55 million.
San Francisco-based Forta helps parents become RBTs with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) and pays them from payer reimbursements for delivery services to their child. The company also provides an AI-backed tech stack to support parents and other clinicians who oversee therapy.
Venture capital firms Insight Partners (led the round), Exor Ventures and Alumni Ventures participated in the round, along with unspecified founders from companies including Warby Parker, Allbirds and 23&Me, according to a news release.
The funds will go toward expanding Forta’s unique model of care delivery as well as investment in AI to “find breakthrough pathways...